QA/R-2 is the policy document containing the specifications and requirements for Quality Management Plans (QMPs) for organizations with which EPA has extramural agreements. The document has been finalized and replaces QAMS-004/80. R-2 parallels the implementation requirements for QMPs contained in the EPA Quality Manual for Environmental Programs (EPA Order 5360.1), an internal policy manual.

QA/G-11 provides guidance for environmental technology projects.This development will be accomplished in two phases. This document provides relevant information on the design, construction, and operation of environmental technology and the quality assurance and quality controls practices needed to support them.

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The Volunteer Monitor's Guide To Quality Assurance Project Plans

EPA 841-B-96-003September 1996

This document was prepared by the EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW), and is designed to encourage and facilitate the development of volunteer QAPPs by presenting explanations and examples. The examples follow the format of the EPA QA/R-5 EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Data Operations guidance. This document explains the basic steps and processes one goes through when preparing a quality assurance project plan. Highly recommended introductory-level document if you are just getting started with the preparation of quality assurance project plans for any EPA program.

This template and guide were developed and written by the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Cook Inlet Keeper, and the University of Alaska Anchorage Environmental and Natural Resources Institute. These documents have been reviewed and approved by EPA and ADEC.

QA/G-4D is a PC-based software package designed to determine the feasibility of data quality objectives defined using the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) process. The software supplements the guidance provided in EPA QA/G-4. The previous DOS-based software has been replaced with a Windows-based software program.

The introduction to the document provides an overview for the target audience emphasizing the importance of systematic planning for geospatial data projects and its relationship to the Agency’s Quality System. The second chapter delineates the EPA policies on QA Project Plans. The third chapter discusses how QA Project Plan elements can be applied to geospatial data projects. The fourth chapter describes approaches to QA Project Plan elements for a geospatial module portion of a complex multi-organization project in risk assessment modeling as well as less complicated projects for a routine global positioning survey and creating a cartographic product from a spreadsheet to illustrate application of the graded approach discussed in Chapter 1.

QA/G-4HW provides guidance on applying the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) process to hazardous waste site investigations. The guidance presents a step-by-step description of the DQO process and its application to sampling designs for environmental remediation and waste management activities.

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Region 10 Quality Management Plan

This document defines and describes the Quality Management (QM), Quality Assurance (QA), and Quality Control (QC) policies and responsibilities required by Region 10, in concurrence with the Agency's mandated QM program.

QA/G-11 provides guidance for environmental technology projects.This development will be accomplished in two phases. This document provides relevant information on the design, construction, and operation of environmental technology and the quality assurance and quality controls practices needed to support them.